Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Television brought Vietnam into America's living rooms only when the fighting was well under way. This time, Americans are watching the preparations in the sand on television every night: an instant, electronic diary. "We are being told how many casualties we can expect on the first day, on the second day," says Alan Chartock, a political scientist at the New Paltz campus of the State University of New York. "The enemy is talking to us, giving us nightly forecasts of doom...
...normal year, late November is the time to break out the mittens, dig up those old packets of instant hot chocolate and invest in a stockpile of firewood. But this year, November 28 will be remembered as the day that Harvard students felt more inspired to sunbathe than to sleigh...
Sure, cable, independent stations and VCRs have been eating away at the network audience for much of the past decade. The remote-control device too has made viewers pickier: shows that don't grab their attention are zapped away in an instant. But the networks' woes have accelerated alarmingly this fall. Of the 22 shows introduced by ABC, CBS and NBC, not a single one is a bona fide hit. (The only new show that ranks in the Nielsen Top 30, America's Funniest People, is merely an appendage of an already established hit, America's Funniest Home Videos...
Since taking office, Salinas has worked hard to cement his personal popularity. He makes frequent helicopter trips, known as giras, outside Mexico City, to take the national pulse. Wherever he goes, he renders instant verdicts on pleas for sewers, electricity, roads, hospitals, and is known to follow through on his promises...
...concern is a major reason why ETS is devoting more of its energies to curriculum development. On tests there may be instant answers, but not in the learning process. It may take years before educators can decide whether Anrig and his colleagues have created new solutions or compounded old problems for America's troubled schools...